Flash Flood in Kentucky, May 31, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$5,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Flash Flood

Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Tornadoes and Hail in Washington, May 31, 1997$701,000 · F1 · 27 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997$50,000 · F2 · 10 events
• Tornado in Washington, May 31, 1997$150,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Damaging Winds in Idaho, May 31, 1997$325,000 · 60 kt wind · 6 events
• Damaging Wind in Washington, May 31, 1997$200,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Idaho, May 31, 1997F1 · 2 events
• Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 31, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
• Cold in New Jersey, May 31, 199716 events
• Cold in Pennsylvania, May 31, 199710 events
• Tornado in Oregon, May 31, 1997$15,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Flooding in Indiana, May 31, 19979 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 31, 19971 in hail · 6 events

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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5598631.